Pencil in Sign LanguageTopic: Pens, Pencils"Dear All,This Web Site is deticated for those who want to learn Sign Language.... Pls learn it either for your interest or need, and start to communicate with those deaf, don't let them be alone, togather, we can build the care society. All contain is scan and organize from Tan Yap's 'Belajar Bahasa Isyarat Dalam Sepuluh Jam' teaching material to this web base electronic format."

American System of Vertical WritingTopic: CalligraphyAmerican System of Vertical Writing - Four pages leaflet about The American System of Vertical Writing, American Book Co., 1894. From "Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850-1920". (A project of The Digital Scriptorium and the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History; Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library; Duke University , Durham, NC.) (Database Number: A0566 )

Downloading comics: threat or menace?Topic: ComicsI read about downloading pirate scans of comic books on Boing Boing 6.Jan.2005. The post was about this Newsarama thread. It says Z-Cult FM is "the largest BitTorrent feed for pirated comics... ZcultFM.com hosts the torrent files that allow people to download comics that other people have scanned in."

»Many bloggers wrote about this, and I like what Laura Gjovaag said in Bloggity-Blog-Blog-Blog: "There are Golden Age stories that are not in print, DC has no plans to ever reprint them, and buying the individual issues would bankrupt me. I have no moral problem downloading those stories, as I will buy any reprint DC puts out and if I ever have the money I'd buy the originals, too. I have serious issues with more modern books, however, and especially with any book that's actually in print."

»Jason St. Claire says "Scanning comics is like crack; it's addictive". Read the article 'Free Comic Book Day 24/7/365: The Scurvy Dogs of Comics Piracy' at comicbookgalaxy.com

»Personally I don't have the time to search for and download comics. I buy some trade paperbacks and I read a few comics online. I prefer comic books printed on paper, and today you can find almost any old comics on eBay. But I guess if I was 15 years old I'd be downloading comics all the time.

»Right now zcultfm.com"are experiencing problems but will be back on Feb.8th.2005."

What are they wearing? - Extremist Symbols, Logos and TattoosTopic: EducationHate On Display - A Visual Database of Extremist Symbols, Logos and Tattoos, run by ADL - Law Enforcement Agency Resource Network - to help parents distinguish harmless pop-cultural slogans and symbols from those that the ADL calls "shorthand for hatred".

»More symbols at Symbols.net - Directory to the world of Signs, Glyphs and Symbols.

"The awards will honor the most talented and promising student graphic designers, photographers, illustrators, animators, digital filmmakers, and computer artists from the world's top design, film, and broadcast institutions. Two new categories -- animation and broadcast design -- broaden the scope of video submissions." (The Contest begins on March 14, 2005, and ends on April 29, 2005.)

Hermann Zapf - Hunt Roman; the birth of a typeTopic: TypographyHunt roman; the birth of a type. Commentary and notes by Hermann Zapf and Jack Werner Stauffacher. Foreword by George H. M. Lawrence. Includes illustrations showing the development of this type face. View the Digital Book in the Carnegie Mellon University, Posner Collection.

"Rachel Hunt, who knew and loved both fine printing and beautiful design, commissioned Hermann Zapf to design a typeface that, while used as display type with Spectrum Monotype, would make the Hunt Institute's publications more elegant and graceful." Read more at the Roy A. Hunt Foundation website.

»The only way you can get a Gmail account is by invitation. (Thanks Johnny!) For almost nine months, gmailswap.com provided a place for nice people to help nice people. Now Gmail Swap is closed, and says: "Google is tossing out invitations as if they were candy - if you're looking for one, chances are that one of your friends, or someone at another online community, can help you out."

A. N. Palmer, handwriting expert, standing outdoorsTopic: CalligraphyHalf-length portrait of A. N. Palmer, handwriting expert, standing outside a building in Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Palmer developed a new method of handwriting that was adopted by the board of education for instruction in Chicago schools.

Notes This photonegative taken by a Chicago Daily News photographer may have been published in the newspaper.